jofford , Check out TIO's Begginer guide that will help. Personaly i would Bulk as you are skinny mate.

Eat 6 meals a day Do a 3-4 Day split with -1-3 Sessions Of HIIT or SSCV IMO.

Good luck

Ps. Building Muscle cutting fat and gaining strentgh at the same time is impossible. 1st Tiem around trainning you will but after some months into you wont, Even if you were to cut i would bulk 1st so that when you cut theres some muscle to show.

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Do i want to be doing HIIT? or SSCV?
Or is the idea to have 1 session for cutting fat and fitness and the others for gaining muscle mass?

And do you help people in deciding what foods they should eat
Like me - i could eat 6 meals a day but it wouldnt be the right food to help me proberly (pack on as fat and not muscle etc)

ORIGINAL: FrankenJim

jofford , Check out TIO's Begginer guide that will help. Personaly i would Bulk as you are skinny mate.

Eat 6 meals a day Do a 3-4 Day split with -1-3 Sessions Of HIIT or SSCV IMO.

Good luck

Ps. Building Muscle cutting fat and gaining strentgh at the same time is impossible. 1st Tiem around trainning you will but after some months into you wont, Even if you were to cut i would bulk 1st so that when you cut theres some muscle to show.

time to eat & train!

you wont regret it

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Squill, could i perhaps send you my training routine and what i plan to eat daily?
Im hoping sum1 can just confirm what im going to be doing will help me gan weight and musle :D

Dw if its too much hassle :D

ORIGINAL: Squill

time to eat & train!

you wont regret it

ORIGINAL: jofford08

legs what?

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ORIGINAL: jofford08

i fink i will say **** it to the cardio then and just eat alot nd work on upper body work outs? ...

Legs

Oh dear.

and yeah I'd say you are skinny mate....I have seen skinnier though...my brother for instance.

how tall are you??

Squat-115kg 5x5
Bench-80kg 1RM
Deadlift-150kg 1RM

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You are skinny (no point beating round the bush lol) whack your diet up on the diet forum and your routine up on the beginners forum and people will sort them out for you.

ORIGINAL: FrankenJim

jofford , Check out TIO's Begginer guide that will help. Personaly i would Bulk as you are skinny mate.

Eat 6 meals a day Do a 3-4 Day split with -1-3 Sessions Of HIIT or SSCV IMO.

Good luck

Ps. Building Muscle cutting fat and gaining strentgh at the same time is impossible. 1st Tiem around trainning you will but after some months into you wont, Even if you were to cut i would bulk 1st so that when you cut theres some muscle to show.

Agree with all the above.

Good advice FrankenJim.

I have emailed you my routine and 1 day of my deit. And some advise my lmk what you think.

DEFO eat big, eat clean, eat regualy. rougly every 3 hours. I have gone into more detial in the email But Defo wack your deit up in Deit section as im not new to this but know a little compared to the guru's in there. ( PS Lower carbs on trainning day , just fule to what your doing depending on job etc )

I explained the hiit and sscv too.

Dont neglect your legs mate seriously my legs are prob strongest muscle in my body but i still train them.
Also get aj ournal going.

Best of luck

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I would not be doing any form of cardio at all if I was you.

You want to keep as many calories as you can and train hard(but sensibly). Your diet wants to consist of meat, chicken, potatoes, pasta and a heap of fruit and veg, good home cooked food. Just increase your calories util you start hitting 1-3 lbs of weight gain each week.

Forget any nonsense about lower carbs on non training days etc.

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yh i doubt im runining for a about 12 weeks.
And about that training to hard bit, the day after training i woke up with pains in my abs (sat morning) and now its monday i still got em, this means i cant train tonight right?

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I would not be doing any form of cardio at all if I was you.

You want to keep as many calories as you can and train hard(but sensibly). Your diet wants to consist of meat, chicken, potatoes, pasta and a heap of fruit and veg, good home cooked food. Just increase your calories util you start hitting 1-3 lbs of weight gain each week.

Forget any nonsense about lower carbs on non training days etc.

You can train tonight mate, its just a bit of delayed muscle soreness. Training will probably help ease the pain.

Post up your full routine.

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as i said in your other thread mate dont worry too much about eating 6 times a day or any other stuff that makes it complicated

eat 50% more than you were doing and clean up the diet thats all. Aim for 2-3lbs a month weight gain, you wont be cut (defined) but you can easily get there once you pack on some lean mass

Eat how it suits you and your schedule, lift weights and enjoy the benefits that come with it thats all

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ahh right, well i use 2 run for my area for a couple years and that so my legs i fink are pretty alright tbh,

ORIGINAL: Murphyblew

dont neglect your legs mate

hey. don't fall into the trap of "my legs are ok from running." you must train them. eat big train hard.do a lot of compounds. post your current diet and training up and that way people can actually offer more help.

just out of interest, how heavy are you mate?

11 stone

ORIGINAL: Sharman

just out of interest, how heavy are you mate?

20th May 2008 (start) - 10 stone 8Ib
20th June 2008 - 11 stone
20th July 2008 - 11 stone 5Ib

ORIGINAL: jofford08

ahh right, well i use 2 run for my area for a couple years and that so my legs i fink are pretty alright tbh,

ORIGINAL: Murphyblew

dont neglect your legs mate

Back up Murphyblue, When you train your larger muscle groups, and you probably cant get a muscle group larger then the legs, you release muscle building hormones for want of a better way to put it. So if you want a bigger chest, get working those legs!!!!

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How old are you mate?

My advice would be to limit your use of junk foods / poor food choices and concentrate on eating lots of nutritious foods.

Loads of varied fruit and veg, eggs, meat, fish, good quality carbs such as wholegrain pastas, dark breads etc. Keep your EFA intake up either through foods or supplements.

IMO lift 4 times a week and do some cardio a couple of times a week for the health benefits.

when your talking about training your legs, they say doings squats for instance will increase your whole body size not just your legs. when i do squats my whole body hurts, no other exercise comes close to that for me..

Some of the earlier advice in this thread is ridiculous. Concentrate on upper body?

Agree with Eddie and Tony.

You are VERY skinny. Not sure how tall you are, but I'd put you at between 8 and 9st.

This thread shouldn't even be in the weight loss section. You are already very close to looking like a concentration camp victim (not meaning to sound harsh, but just putting things into perspective).

As Tony says, eat plenty of beef, potatoes, oats, chicken, turkey, rice, peanut butter etc etc and train very hard.

Aim for 4-6 large meals a day and ask someone on the forum for a good training plan.

Your aim is to GAIN a lot of weight over the next year. As Eddie says, around 2lb a Month, but do not even think about seeing your abs at this stage. Worry about that in a year when you're around 2st heavier

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